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14/08/2024

Dr. Shenker discussed the essential features of thought for modelling and examined the idea of "multiple realizability" to understand the computational view of thought. Read latest work online in the collection of The Max Planck Papers:

What is the connection between modelling thought and modelling the brain? In a model (as understood here), we strip away from the modelled system some non-essential features and retain some essential ones. What are the essential features of thought that are to be retained in the model, and conversel...

09/08/2024

Referring to a multidisciplinary approach, Dr. Tossici and colleagues conceptualized emotions and affects as matrices
of thought, mental development, agency and generation of cognitive and psychobiological regulation models. For constructing the pre-reflective experiences, the relational matrix of emotions, psychological regulation and learning is investigated. Read their latest work online in the Arena of Development:

The article investigates the role of affectivity in the construction of the pre-reflective experience, that is, the mode of experience that directs and guides the organism in a rapid and immediate adaptation to the environment. According to a multidisciplinary approach that brings together affective...

02/08/2024

Here it comes the September issue 2024.

Volume 7, issue 3 articles listing for Human Arenas

12/07/2024

Setting from Vlad Petre Glăveanu’s Theory of the Possible as a theoretical-methodological tool for examining case studies, Dr. Alves de Melo Valério and her colleagues analyzed the process of opening up the realm of possibility, leading to the deconstruction of the biological perspective and the construction of adoption as a new possibility. Read their latest work online in the Arena of Becoming:

This article aims to illustrate the application of Vlad Petre Glăveanu’s Theory of the Possible as a theoretical-methodological tool for examining case studies. The Theory of the Possible posits that the possible is a domain where multiple possibilities emerge regarding what can be thought or don...

05/07/2024

Dr. Ash reviewed the institutional and intellectual context during the early postwar period for the emergence of cognitive science as an interdisciplinary research program. Read his latest article online:

The paper attempts to place the emergence of cognitive science (CS) as an interdisciplinary research program in historical context. A broad overview of the institutional and intellectual situations during the early postwar period is presented, focusing primarily on psychology and artificial intellig...

26/06/2024

Dr. Kharshiing examined the structural relationships of dominance, power, control, and discrimination based on a critical discourse analysis of local newspaper articles focusing on Khasi collective life. Read his latest work online in the Arena of Identity:

Discourse on the Khasi matrilineal community in Northeast India, allude to identity from a gendered perspective. This research article examines Khasi identity in newspaper discourse using critical discourse analysis in six editorial and reporting articles from local and national English newspapers t...

29/05/2024

Adopting a mixed-methods design, Dr. Moezzipour & Moezzipour investigated the Iranian high school EFL teacher's narration of moral dilemmas and the decisions they made faced with the dilemmas. Read their latest work online in the Arena of Schooling:

Although the criticality of morality in education has been acknowledged recently, the nature of moral dilemmas that English teachers face and the ways they deal with them have been rarely investigated. The present study aimed at filling the gap in the literature by investigating the Iranian high sch...

20/05/2024

an important initiative

The Project “Extension of Human Rights to Education” has been conceptualised as a council to the UN. Various social actors involved in the extension of human rights to education will work out different aspects of this matter with the aim of formulating a “Declaration on the Extension of Human ...

15/05/2024

Dr. Chirimuuta refleced on the appropriateness of physical-derived strategies, computational and dynamical systems approaches in dealing with neural functionality. Read the latest work online in Human Arenas:

The brain is exceedingly complex. Neuroscientists have used the tried and tested simplification methods of physics, such as mathematical idealization, in order to deal with neural complexity. This paper queries the appropriateness of certain physics-derived strategies within this biological science....

08/05/2024

By qualitatively analyzing Nino Kharatishvili`s monumental historical novel “Brilka-eighth Life” as a sociocultural artefact, Dr. Gamsakhurdia examined binary oppositional forms of ethnocultural positioning and its relation to the dialogical and structural dynamics of self-construction. Read his latest work online in the Arena of Identity:

This manuscript examines the theoretical subtleties of ethnocultural positioning and its relation to the dialogical and structural dynamics of self-construction through dramatic historical transformations. It is based on a phenomenon-centred methodological approach to cultural psychological research...

03/05/2024

By reading Carrère’s Between Two Worlds, Dr. Tommasi and his colleagues examined the relational, contextual and political dimensions of resistence beyond the individualist focus indicated within the frame of positive psychology. Read their latest work online in the Arena of Subjectivity:

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01/05/2024

Volume 7 issue 2, June 2024 just published. Check it out!

Volume 7, issue 2 articles listing for Human Arenas

18/04/2024

Dr. De Luca Picione and his colleagues adopted the "Sense of Grip" methodology in a quali-quantitative mixed method research design to identify sensemaking profiles of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. Read their latest work online in the Arena of Health:

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent atypicalities in social communication and social interactions across different domains of life, often with restricted, repetitive, stereotyped patterns of behaviors, interests, and activitie...

10/04/2024

Setting from Deleuzo-Guattarian concepts of assemblage and lines of flight, Dr. Knage and Søndergaard analyzed the school as an assemblage and how students flee the assemblage by staying home. Read their latest article online in the Arena of Schooling:

In this article, we seek to gain knowledge about the phenomenon of persistent school absence. Situations where a student is absent from school for long periods are often characterized by high levels of frustration among adults and a tendency to blame either the school or the parents. However, in con...

29/03/2024

Dr. Barahona-Moore and his colleagues described the itinerary in which Vittorio Guidano was present in Chile during the 1990s, which laid the foundations for the development of post-racialism in Chile. Read their latest article online in the Arena of Ideas:

This article seeks to give an account of the itinerary in which Vittorio Guidano was present in Chile during the 1990s. The professional need of a group of Chilean psychologists to be trained around the model, the closeness that was cultivated with this group of professionals and with the audience t...

20/03/2024

Setting from the framework of semiotic cultural constructivism, Dr. Abumanssur & Simão analyzed interviews with two acting psychologists to understand the processes and dimensions of how psycholoists build their own theoretical positioning within psychology. Read their latest article online in the Arena of Epistemology:

Psychology is divided in different systems, each a tradition with its own postulates, assumptions, methodology, themes and ethics. This division, not being purely theoretical, is built into the institutionalisation of psychology, shaping career paths and identities within this field. For the individ...

13/03/2024

Dr. Garber summarized the first three steps taken along the history of meta-anthropology and discussed some prospects for the future development of meta-anthropology. Read latest work online in the Arena of Transdisciplinarity:

The purpose of the article is to present meta-anthropology as an independent scientific discipline that can be developed in the image and likeness of other meta-sciences—metamathematics and metalogic, metaethics, and meta-sociology. This means identifying and formulating key meta-problems, creatin...

12/03/2024

https://www.uv.uio.no/isp/english/about/news-and-events/events/Think-Tank.html

The international workshop is aimed at discussing the most innovative ideas in current cultural psychology and foreseeing the future research directions that will be developed through collaboration between Nordics and Global South countries

01/03/2024

Using interviews in a post-positivist paradigm, Dr. Barros, Hanenberg & Santos investigated how parental figures in Portugal use various presence to connect with their emigrated children and how the space with the community where they live has been re-signified. Read their latest article online in the Arena of Dwelling:

Migratory research projects are increasingly concerned with bringing together those ‘who go’ and those ‘who stay’, considering the impact of living in transnational family relationships. The perception and use of space have moved between digital and face-to-face spaces in the management of t...

21/02/2024

Dr. Hejlesen distinguished two different approaches to understanding action and agency: the agentic view focusing on reasons and the non-agentic view focusing on causes. He also attempted to link the concept of catalysis with the hermeneutics of suspicion as the ontological and epistemological dimensions to overcome this sharp distinction. Read his latest work online in the Arena of Regulation:

In this article, I argue for the use of the hermeneutics of suspicion in the investigation of the conditions of our actions. I claim that by staying suspicious of immediate answers as well as manifest conditions, and remaining curious of other conditions that may influence us, we can come closer to....

30/01/2024

We are pleased to inform that Human Arenas. Volume 7, Issue 1 is now available online.

Volume 7, issue 1 articles listing for Human Arenas

25/01/2024

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01/01/2024

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13/12/2023

Dr. Dmello & Hussain conducted a literature review to compare different factors impacting the well-being of older adults cross different cultural contexts. Read their latest work online in the Arena of Health:

As people age, they undergo a multitude of physiological and psychological changes that might help or hinder their well-being. Some differences in the well-being of older adult population can be attributed to the cultures they reside in. Various beliefs, traditions and cultural practices all influen...

29/11/2023

Dr. Nabzo, Bravo & Fossa adopted microgenetic semiotic analysis to reveal the semiotic-dialogical mechanisms used by the therapist and the client for meaning innovation within a psychotherapeutic process. Read their latest article online in the Arena of Methodology:

Psychotherapy process research has increased in recent years. However, microprocess investigations remain scarce, although they constitute a great contribution to the study of the immediate experience of dialogue between patient and therapist. Microprocess research is the methodological approach par...

15/11/2023

Dr. Boesen and her colleagues explored examples from various research projects to investigate how difference is being constructed, experienced and negotiated in everyday encounters in Luxembourg. They highlighted the importance of multilingualism and the impact of non-European immigration on national multiculture as two important dimensions of Luxembourg. Read their latest work online in the Arena of Dwelling:

In recent years, the social sciences and humanities have been increasingly interested in diversity and everyday life. Rather than focusing on the negative aspects of diversity, such as the lack of social cohesion, interethnic conflict and segregation, they have gradually turned to studying concrete....

08/11/2023

Dr. Barros and his colleagues examined the behaviour typologies in Portugues transnational families by analyzing the dimensions of intergenerational solidarity, conflicts and ambivalence. Read their latest work online in the Arena of Movement:

Motivations for migratory movements tend to be contextualised at an individual level and refer to opportunities related to the country of destination. In the Portuguese context, this view is increasingly limited when we analyse the emigration of young adults since this process directly involves fami...

03/11/2023

Much has been written about Vygotsky and the popular concept of the Zone of Proximal Development that remains one of the greatest heritages of Vygotskian theory. However, there is much more to Vygotskyian theory than his Zone of Proximal Development. Another important study arena can be found in a c...

03/11/2023

With the groundwork of Vygotsky in the dynamic semiosis operating between everyday and scientific concepts, Dr. von Fircks examined the function of everyday experience for understanding the analytic or scientific dimension of a given cultural material. Read his latest work online in the Arena of Ideas:

Much has been written about Vygotsky and the popular concept of the Zone of Proximal Development that remains one of the greatest heritages of Vygotskian theory. However, there is much more to Vygotskyian theory than his Zone of Proximal Development. Another important study arena can be found in a c...