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Was Blumer a cognitivist? Assessing an ethnomethodological critique
No full textA major target of criticism for ethnomethodology has been cognitivism. In its broadest sense this term refers to any account of human behaviour that treats psychological features of agents – including beliefs, attitudes, and interpretations – as factors explaining their behaviour. While much criticism of cognitivism has been directed at neuroscientists and philosophical materialists, the range of targets has been wider than this, even including sociologists such as Herbert Blumer and symbolic interactionists. In this article I outline this criticism of Blumer and assess it. My conclusion is that, despite some misreading, his work does fall into the broad category of cognitivism. However, I question the grounds for the ethnomethodological critique
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Dalle linee ai networks. Alcune implicazioni del pensiero di Blumer circa l’«allineamento dei corsi d’azione»
No full textL’obiettivo di questo saggio è quello di compiere una riflessione esplorativa su come i concetti di «linea» e di «allineamento dell’azione» possano costituire fondamenti del concetto di «rete sociale» secondo una prospettiva interazionista e costruzionista. La riflessione prende avvio sottolineando lo stretto rapporto che Blumer istituisce tra l’allineamento dei corsi d’azione e l’azione comune – che egli stesso definisce «rete di interazione». I concetti di «allineamento» e di «linea» appaiono essenziali per comprendere il contributo blumeriano all’analisi delle strutture di relazione, ma ad essi sia Blumer che gli autori contemporanei non hanno dedicato particolare attenzione. La recente e singolare produzione di Tim Ingold sulle «linee» consente di riprendere le intuizioni concettuali di Blumer e di porle a fondamento di una prospettiva interazionista relativa alle strutture sociali di relazione e alla loro analisi. Dopo aver esplorato in rapida sintesi le diverse cornici concettuali in cui si collocano Blumer e Ingold, il saggio si sofferma su come il concetto di linea che emerge dai due autori possa essere utile per costruire una cornice concettuale orientata in senso interazionista alla comprensione delle reti sociali
Oriented right-angled Artin pro- groups and maximal pro- Galois groups
No full textFor a prime number we introduce and study oriented right-angled Artin
pro- groups (oriented pro- RAAGs for short)
associated to a finite oriented graph and a continuous group
homomorphism . We show
that an oriented pro- RAAG is a Bloch-Kato
pro- group if, and only if,
is an oriented pro- group
of elementary type generalizing a recent result of I. Snopche and P. Zalesskii.
Here
denotes the canonical -orientation on . We invest
some effort in order to show that oriented right-angled Artin pro- groups
share many properties with right-angled Artin pro--groups or even
discrete RAAG's, e.g., if is a specially oriented chordal graph, then
is coherent, generalizing a result of C. Droms. Moreover,
in this case has the
Positselski-Bogomolov property generalizing a result of H. Servatius, C. Droms
and B. Servatius for discrete RAAG's. If is a specially oriented
chordal graph and in case that
, then generalizing a well known result of M.
Salvetti.Comment: The differences between the 1st version (Apr'23) and the 2nd are:
correction of a couple of minor misprints, dedication to the memory of
Avinoam Man
Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera
No full textIn this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship
Dalle linee ai networks. Alcune implicazioni del pensiero di Blumer circa l’“allineamento dei corsi di azione
No full textL’obiettivo di questo saggio è quello di compiere una riflessione esplorativa su come i concetti di «linea» e di «allineamento dell’azione» possano costituire fondamenti del concetto di «rete sociale» secondo una prospettiva interazionista e costruzionista. La riflessione prende avvio sottolineando lo stretto rapporto che Blumer istituisce tra l’allineamento dei corsi d’azione e l’azione comune – che egli stesso definisce «rete di interazione». I concetti di «allineamento» e di «linea» appaiono essenziali per comprendere il contributo blumeriano all’analisi delle strutture di relazione, ma ad essi sia Blumer che gli autori contemporanei non hanno dedicato particolare attenzione. La recente e singolare produzione di Tim Ingold sulle «linee», consente di riprendere le intuizioni concettuali di Blumer e di porle a fondamento di una prospettiva interazionista relativa alle strutture sociali di relazione e alla loro analisi. Dopo aver esplorato in rapida sintesi le diverse cornici concettuali in cui si collocano Blumer e Ingold, il saggio si sofferma su come il concetto di linea che emerge dai due autori possa essere utile per costruire una cornice concettuale orientata in senso interazionista alla comprensione delle reti sociali.The aim of this paper is to offer an exploratory discussion on how Herbert Blumer’s concepts of “lines” and “alignment of action” are relevant to the concept of “social network”, from a constructionist and interactionist perspective. The paper begins by emphasizing the close relationship that Blumer establishes between the “alignment of lines of action” and “joint action” – which he also depicts as a “network of interactions”. The concepts of “alignment” and “lines” appear essential to a comprehension of Blumer’s contribution to the analysis of relationship structures, but neither he, nor other contemporary authors, seem to have received the attention they deserve. Tim Ingold’s recent, very interesting work on “lines”, breathes new life into these ideas and
uses them as a potential basis for an interactionist perspective on social structures of relations and their analysis. After briefly exploring the different conceptual frames proposed by Blumer and Ingold, the paper focuses on how the concept of line that emerges from the work of the two authors can contribute to an interactionist-oriented conceptual framework that offers insight into social networks
Evolving Role and Nature of Workplace Leaders and Diversity: A Theoretical and Empirical Approach
No full textBlumer (1962) regarded the ‘many possibilities of uncertainty as inherent to the process of joint action.’ Joint action reflects the efforts of participants to work out the line of action in light of what they observe each other doing. Leadership appears to be approached from two fundamental perspectives: an organisational perspective (the influence that is exercised to change the direction of the organisation), and an individual task perspective (the influence that is directed at changing the work behaviour of an individual). In this article, it is suggested that the symbolic interaction of perspective integrates the two fundamental perspectives in that both perspectives require meaningful, reflexive integration and meaning, group membership, organisational role and experience. The evolving role of leaders to attract, retain and connect with a diverse workforce in a changing environment gives rise to interactive leadership competency requirements. This article suggests that managing diversity requires business leaders to adopt an approach to diversity management that is sensitive not only to race and ethnic differences, but also to the background and values of all individuals at work. The empirical study was done and four hundred and forty (440) leadership styles were measured in eleven (11) organisations. The study used the Hall and Hawker (1988) inventory leadership styles and a diversity questionnaire to measure diversity management experience.discrimination, diversity management, engaging leadership style, experience, heroic leadership style, management, transformational leadership
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Light Bulb Efficiency and Environmental Impacts
No full textThe most important global environmental issue of our times is climate change and global warming. In the decades to come, no one will be untouched by the impacts of rising temperatures, droughts, violent storms, rising sea level and weather extremes that are being induced by human activity. Governments around the world have committed to slowing and eventually controlling global warming (Paris Accord 2015 and Kigali Accord 2016) but those efforts seem to focus on large scale targets such as energy production, major industries and transportation systems. Individuals seem to have little or no possible role in addressing this major problem. Yet, we all use energy and the choices we each make about the automobile we drive, home appliances we use, and even the light bulbs in our homes will have a collective impact on the emissions of greenhouse gases and the rate of global warming. In this study, students, working in groups, evaluate the three major forms of electric light bulbs, incandescent (I), compact fluorescent (CF) and light emitting diode (LED). Students design and conduct experiments to compare light bulb efficiencies, visible light outputs, and waste heat outputs. The purpose of this work is for each student group to make recommendations on which light bulb type is the best buy and which would be best for the environment
Author in Essay by I. A. Goncharov “Pepiniere”
No full textFeatures of the embodiment of the author’s position in the essay by I. A. Goncharov “Pepiniere” are considered. The relevance of the study is due to the poorly studied poetics of this work. A review of the scientific literature on relevant topics is performed. Methodological and theoretical definitions are given. The scientific novelty of the article is in the fact that for the first time attention is paid to artistic techniques that allow to identify the author's position in the specified literary text. The author of the article grounds her opinion from the fact that, despite the dominance of the subjective point of view, other characters’ views stand out in the work. It is concluded in the study that the text of the work represents a biographical author and author-creator. It was established that the position of the author-creator is expressed through the title, epigraphs, which are quotes, as well as through different points of view, including the author-character, the author-narrator, the characters of the work. The author of the article dwells in detail on different ways of expressing the points of view of the author-character and the author-narrator. It is proved that the point of view of the author-character and the author-narrator can intersect, they are interchanged. The author's development of the term comic “point of view” is presented in the article
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