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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"Social constructions"”.
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Modelling The World : The Social Constructions Of Systems Analysts
… methodology, and its implicit theory of social system behaviour. System dynamics is policy oriented and is directed towards the control and management of social systems. It originally evolved in the context of military systems and then the application of systems engineering to the …
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A graphic interpretation of some social constructions of disability
… but often more debilitating such as abrasive, socially aggressive personalities or learning disabilities. It is possible, therefore, to extend the understanding of the term disability to any physical or emotional impairment that limits a person's functioning within a so-called normal society. …
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Mother's social constructions of male involvement in maternity care in Chinsali District
… been neglected. Purpose: To explore mother’s social constructions, from their lived experiences, regarding male involvement during antenatal, labour and postnatal care. Methodology: An exploratory cross sectional qualitative research design informed by the abductive research strategy was …
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Mother's social constructions of male involvement in maternity care in Chinsali District
… been neglected. Purpose: To explore mother’s social constructions, from their lived experiences, regarding male involvement during antenatal, labour and postnatal care. Methodology: An exploratory cross sectional qualitative research design informed by the abductive research strategy was …
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Black and Blue: Competing Social Constructions of Police On Instagram and Twitter
… influential, particularly in regards to social and political conflicts. This means that research on the role of new media outlets in socially constructing reality is essential, though not much of this research has yet been completed. This current analysis fills this gap in the literature …
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Acting White Among Black College Students: A Phenomenological Study of Social Constructions of Race
… Additionally, the study calls attention to social constructions that allow the acting white label to exist and to be sustained. Data was collected from 14 Black college students at a predominantly white, private, liberal arts university in the west.</p> <p>Based on responses from students in …
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The social constructions of HIV/AIDS stigma in one community in Cape Town, South Africa
… study aimed to understand whether HIV/AIDS as a social construct and those living with HIV/AIDS are understood and responded to differently by males and females and those previously classified by the apartheid divisive policy as African and Coloured participants in the context of their daily …
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The Meanings of New Money: Social Constructions of Value in the Rise of Digital Currencies
… investigations into the collective processes of social construction and valuation that have been part of this ascent. The first study begins by considering the challenge that digital currencies pose to established economic models of the origins of money and value. Using a series of agent-based …
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Millennials Making Meanings: Social Constructions of Sexual Harassment regarding Gender and Power by Generation Y
… action, and the way we, as a society, treat this social problem. Millennials, or those born between 1980 and 2000, will be the next generation of working adults that will influence the way sexual harassment is understood and defined both legally and socially. The Millennial generation is typically …
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Exploring the social constructions of working class masculinities as barriers to men and education in Ireland.
The concepts of social class and masculinities have influenced a multitude of studies across a number of academic fields on a global basis. This research explores some of these studies within an Irish context, and follows the evolution of social class in Ireland and the construction of Irish …
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Social constructions of HIV and AIDS: Relationship to the provision of social support in African-American kinship networks
… study which examines the relationship between socially constructed, cultural meanings of HIV and AIDS and the provision of social support within African American kinship networks. Symbolic interaction theory and interpretive interaction methodology grounded the research. Twenty-seven African …
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A Discourse Analysis of Parents' and Teachers' Social Constructions of School Readiness and Transition to Kindergarten for Children With Disabilities
<p>This study examined parents’ and teachers’ social constructions of disability, school readiness, and the transition to kindergarten process for children with disabilities who participated in a self-contained preschool special education (SPED) class, called a special day class (SDC). The 12 …
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The social construction of technical innovation in the UK oil and gas industry.
… manage innovation but neglect patterns of social interactions at the micro level where SMEs operate. These innovation models are incomplete because they relegate the importance of context and how it shapes understanding, action and outcome. This study, rooted in a social constructionist …
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Do You See What We Carry?: A Digital Content Analysis of Black Mothering Affective Experiences
… is organized by examining a) socio-historical constructions of race and gender which influenced Black motherhood and mothering experiences during chattel slavery, b) how those meanings have informed contemporary social constructions around Black mothering in opposition to normative mothering …
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The Social Construction of Vulnerable Families in Children’s Centres: A Critical Discourse Analysis
… A key concern about the way many families are socially constructed because they are labelled as vulnerable, and the potential negative implications of that labelling. The role and use of power in these social constructions arguably cannot be underestimated. The aim of the research was to …
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Narratives about God and Gender: Women's experiences
… relations. A review of literature indicated that social constructions about gender influence the way individuals construct narratives and meaning about their lives, which inform them how to live. Taking into account how reality is constructed though social dialogue an emphasis was placed on …
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Drawing the Analogy: Nature as Idea, Architecture as Response
… by the various and often highly metaphorical social constructions of nature that precede them, an architecural exercise is then explored as a similarly constructed response. After assembling a definition of nature based in part on the climate, terrain and traditional building practices of …
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Nem nobre, nem selvagem: reflexões sobre arte indígena contemporânea de Abya Yala
… Yala, considering the historical factors and social constructions that permeate its formation as an artistic movement with an activist nature. Artworks and exhibitions of indigenous authors and themes have grown exponentially, demanding from curators, museums and spectators a greater …
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Pure Immanence
… three bodies of work in their various settings, social constructions are questioned and given context, taboo subjects are dissected and most importantly works may elicit an emotional response in the form of empathy in the viewer. Keywords: Research creation, pure immanence, self-mutilation, …
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Perfectly White: Light-Skinned Slaves and the Abolition Movement 1835 - 1865
… abomination. This project is also a study of the social constructions of race and the meanings of skin color in Northern and Southern American societies. This research draws mostly upon primary sources including anti-slavery newspapers, images, slave narratives, and slave testimonies. The stories …
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