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Dark intelligence: When the possibility of 1984 becomes reality 黑暗情报当《1984》成为现实

Possibility Studies & Society Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1177/27538699241267189

Robert J. Sternberg

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Becoming augmented: The latent possibilities of ethnographyin a pandemic 成为增量：人种学在大流行病中的潜在可能性

Possibility Studies & Society Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1177/27538699241264608

Craig Ryder

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Remapping trans-Himalayan studies in the digital domain during the COVID-19 pandemic: Constraint-based innovation, multimodality and the way of knowing 在 COVID-19 大流行期间，在数字领域重绘跨喜马拉雅研究：基于限制的创新、多模态和认知方式

Possibility Studies & Society Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/27538699241263217

Zezhou Yang

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Why psychological scientists should disdain determinism 心理科学家为何要蔑视决定论

Possibility Studies & Society Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/27538699241258002

Roy F Baumeister, Stephan Lau

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Reaching the hinterlands? COVID-19’s unexpected challenges to conducting participatory research on Inuit Arctic politics 深入腹地？COVID-19 在开展因纽特人北极政治参与式研究时遇到的意想不到的挑战

Possibility Studies & Society Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/27538699241258880

Ellen A. Ahlness

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Navigating collaborative and participatory research during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: Emerging possibilities from a network of PhD students 在 COVID-19 大流行期间和之后开展合作性和参与性研究：来自博士生网络的新可能性

Possibility Studies & Society Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/27538699241258883

Gonzalo R. Guerrero, Julia Dobson

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Limits of self and Other xenosophic responsiveness: Including complex emotions, power differences and possible futures 自我和他者异质反应的极限：包括复杂的情感、权力差异和可能的未来

Possibility Studies & Society Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/27538699241265284

Gavin Brent Sullivan, A. P. Wijayanti

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Rethinking big P: Integrating personal and academic psychology knowledge in university teaching 反思大 P：在大学教学中整合个人心理学和学术心理学知识

Possibility Studies & Society Pub Date : 2024-06-06 DOI: 10.1177/27538699241240608

Emelie Rack

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A word to the wise 忠告

Possibility Studies & Society Pub Date : 2024-05-23 DOI: 10.1177/27538699241253321

Henderikus J. Stam

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Possibilities of imitation 模仿的可能性

Possibility Studies & Society Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.1177/27538699241252883

Danna Oomen, Oliver Genschow

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