No ordinary rules. More on organizational behaviour: a discussion on forms and hibrydisms of post-bureaucratic organizations by Pierfranco Malizia

“…Assuming what has been said above, then, it follows (and this is the sense of this essay) that complex organizations, in as much as they are sociocultural (sub)systems, cannot be considered, perhaps today more than in the past, systems impervious to the sociocultural world of which they are a part, or in other words, it is not possible to speak of a culture of organizations as if it were a unique, coherent system of models and values: the plurality of cultural influences present in the highly differentiated contemporary societies is reflected also on the situations inside these organizations.…”
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Beyond arrival – On the potential and shortcomings of modularity in shelter and housing for the displaced by Yona Catrina Schreyer

“… Architecture comes to be a tangible reflection of significant contemporary events, offering insight into how designers respond to the challenges at hand. …”
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Alternative Definitions of Complexity for Practical Applications of Model Selection Criteria by Murari Andrea, Riccardo Rossi, Teddy Craciunescu

“…Defining and quantifying complexity is one of the major challenges of modern science and contemporary societies. This task is particularly critical for model selection, which is aimed at properly identifying the most adequate equations to interpret the available data. …”
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A verdade em tempos de ditadura militar: reflexões a partir da psicanálise by Nadir Lara Junior

“…For this purpose, we use psychoanalytical theory, which helps us to understand the system of oppression introduced during the military dictatorship in Brazil, as well as the contemporary discursive construction that presents that regime as a "ditabranda" (a Portuguese play on words that roughly means "a soft dictatorship"). …”
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Les liminalités dans les représentations du cycle solaire quotidien by Danièle Dehouve

“…The article studies the division of the daily solar cycle in Mexico, among the Aztecs of the 16th century based on ethnohistorical documents, and among the contemporary Tlapanec people based on ethnographic observations. …”
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DIDACTIC SCAFFOLDING LEADERSHIP PEDAGOGY: by G.E. Dames

“…The Y-model serves as an example of how faith education can support contemporary religious education as a relevant and meaningful alternative to producing authentic and successful leaders.            …”
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CORRESPONDENCE AGAIN? INTERNAL REALISM AND THRUTH by Sami Pihlström

“… The paper deals with the relation between realism and (neo)pragmatism in the contemporary philosophy of science by investigating two rival positions: Ilkka Niiniluoto’s "critical scientific realism" and Hilary Putnam’s "internal realism." …”
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The Dividing Sword: Basil Bunting’s The Spoils by Jeffrey Twitchell-Waas

“…Finally, the implications of this examination are brought to bear on Briggflatts itself to indicate how it is motivated by a systematic negation of the contemporary society that Bunting rejects.…”
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Finanza, finanziarizzazione, neoliberismo by Angelo Salento

“…., as the primary goal of companies’ economic actions) and the impact of contemporary financialization on the dynamics of social reproduction through a process of financialization of the foundational economy.…”
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"Whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache." Moral tensions in heart surgery patients' and their spouses' talk about information seeking. Discourse a... by Tuominen Kimmo

“…Thus, the analysed accounts and narratives of information seeking reflect moral demands that ill persons and their significant others are facing in contemporary society. The author uses social constructionist discourse analysis to examine how the interviewees have to relate their descriptions of information practices to existing moral presuppositions on how rational individuals should behave.…”
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Se nourrir en temps de confinement : la vie de quartier à l’épreuve de l’épidémie de coronavirus à Wuhan entre janvier et mars 2020 by Georgina André, Yu Qie, Étienne Monin

“…Through the issue of food supply, this survey highlights the role of the residents' committees and underlines the contribution of digital social networks to neighborhood-level management, both being core characteristics of the contemporary Chinese cities.…”
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O parricídio como espetáculo da violência: O dia em que matei meu pai by Aileen El-Kadi

“…The father’s murder by the protagonist and the way he confesses the crime at the beginning of the novel com- bine the two core values we find in the author’s aesthetic proposed: the amount of violence and spectacle for the representation of contemporary society.…”
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La grande enfance by Jean-François Dupeyron

“…This text reviews on the representations of childhood in Occident, and points the inadequacies and the difficulties of the contemporary representation of the child as a subject. …”
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Écrire avec Flaubert by Anne Herschberg Pierrot

“…In the context of the myth that Flaubert represents for contemporary writing, the aim is to examine not so much the reception of the published work, but rather the imaginary relationship that these writers have with Flaubertian genesis, or Flaubertian discourse on the genesis of the work. …”
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Ethnography and Religious Anthropology of Cuba: Historical and Bibliographical Landmarks by Emma Gobin, Géraldine Morel

“…Whether produced in Europe, the United-States or Cuba itself, these works often attest to distinct orientations which this introduction broadly touches upon before delving into the main features of the ‘Afro-Cuban’ religious field and the research themes emerging from this collection, which also reflect some important approaches of contemporary anthropology of religion.…”
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Etnografia dell’incertezza: l’incapacità di pensare il futuro come assenza (culturale) by Vincenzo Matera

“…Starting from the evidence that uncertainty of the future unfolds contemporary societies, I propose a reflection on the processes that can cause a social expansion of uncertainty. …”
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SEMIOTIKA MORRIS DAN TRADISI PENAFSIRAN ALQUR’AN: SEBUAH TAWARAN TAFSIR KONTEKSTUAL by Ali Romdhoni

“…It is an important thing, since the Qur’anic interpretation studies in the contemporary era demands an interpretation model which involves historical data, socio-cultural context and psychological effect on the society. …”
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L’Atlas des Régions Naturelles, un manifeste photoconceptuel de la périphérie ordinaire by Raphaële Bertho

“…Heir to the picturesque voyages of the 19th century, American conceptualism of the 1960s, contemporary French photography projects, architectural manifestos from the end of the twentieth century, the thought of the vernacular landscape as well as the theorization of the ordinary, the aim is to try to identify this original visual object. …”
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Biochemical Diversity of Chenopodiaceae Species: Insights into Adaptation and Biodiversity by Orujova T. Y., Gurbanova U. A.

“…Understanding the biochemical diversity of Chenopadiaceae not only sheds light on their evolutionary success, but also provides strategies to address contemporary challenges in agriculture and conservation.…”
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Métamorphoses et permanences des parcours professionnels en France (1968-2018) by Marion Plault

“…The issue of this thesis is to question the idea of a contemporary time which would be described as a “deep dislocation of the wage earners” and which would result in a major transformation of the professional paths from a generation of workers to another. …”
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