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The archaeology of knowledge
Gary Gutting
- pp 227-260
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We may not be able to make you love reading, but archaeology of knowledge will lead you to love reading starting from now as mentioned in this paper, and book is the window to open the new world.Abstract:
We may not be able to make you love reading, but archaeology of knowledge will lead you to love reading starting from now. Book is the window to open the new world. The world that you want is in the better stage and level. World will always guide you to even the prestige stage of the life. You know, this is some of how reading will give you the kindness. In this case, more books you read more knowledge you know, but it can mean also the bore is full.read more
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Where Constructionism and Critical Realism Converge: Interrogating the Domain of Epistemological Relativism
Ismael Al-Amoudi,Hugh Willmott +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the status, nature and significance of epistemological relativism as a key element of constructionism and critical realism are examined, and the question of how and with what implications epistemology might be recast at the heart of critical realist studies of management and organization is raised.
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Critical discourse analysis and metaphor:toward a theoretical framework
TL;DR: This paper developed a coherent theoretical framework for CDA and metaphor, which adopts conceptual blending theory over conceptual metaphor theory, where the latter is perceived to be incompatible with CDA, and applied in a CDA of metaphors for nation and immigration in the British National Party's 2005 general election manifesto.
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Constructing the sustainable city: examining the role of sustainability in the ‘smart city’ discourse
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate how urban smartness and sustainability are framed by an authoritative institution (the European Union) and then trace these framings down to a particular city (Stavanger, Norway).
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The Power of 'Organizational Culture' as a Discursive Formation in Merger Integration
TL;DR: The authors argue that knowledge on organizational culture has acquired authority and constitutes a truth on mergers, a truth imbued with both enabling and constraining power effects, and demonstrate the reproduction of, and resistance to, the truth effects of organizational culture.
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Childcare Workforce Reform in England and "The Early Years Professional": A Critical Discourse Analysis.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the ways in which nursery workers are constructed through government discourse in England and offer a deconstruction of key policy texts to understand how nursery workers have become fabricated through texts as more or less professional at particular political moments and to what effect.
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Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research
TL;DR: Part 1: Social Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Text Analysis 1. Introduction 2. Texts, Social Events, and Social Practices 3. Intertextuality and Assumptions Part 2: Genres and Action 4. Genres 5. Meaning Relations between Sentences and Clauses 6. Discourses 8. Representations of Social Events Part 4: Styles and Identities 9. Modality and Evaluation 11. Conclusion
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A set of principles for conducting and evaluating interpretive field studies in information systems
Heinz K. Klein,Michael D. Myers +1 more
TL;DR: A set of principles for the conduct and evaluation of interpretive field research in information systems is proposed, along with their philosophical rationale, and the usefulness of the principles is illustrated by evaluating three publishedinterpretive field studies drawn from the IS research literature.
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Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences
TL;DR: In Sorting Things Out, Bowker and Star as mentioned in this paper explore the role of categories and standards in shaping the modern world and examine how categories are made and kept invisible, and how people can change this invisibility when necessary.
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On Two Metaphors for Learning and the Dangers of Choosing Just One
TL;DR: In this article, two such metaphors are identified: the acquisition metaphor and the participation metaphor, and their entailments are discussed and evaluated, and the question of theoretical unification of research on learning is addressed, wherein the purpose is to show how too great a devotion to one particular metaphor can lead to theoretical distortions and to undesirable practices.
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Generating Research Questions Through Problematization
Matas Alvesson,Jörgen Sandberg +1 more
TL;DR: Problematization is proposed as a methodology for identifying and challenging assumptions underlying existing literature and, based on that, formulating research questions that are likely to lead to more influential theories.