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Community Arts : On the precarious compromise between the inspirational and the civic worlds

Building on Boltanski’s and Thévenot’s notion of the plurality of forms of worth, the chapter focuses on the tension between the world of art (with an inspirational order of worth) and the community organiser’s world (guided by a civic principle of worth). Empirical material comes from VoS, a non-profit community-arts organization in Sweden. The chapter follows the sequence of events, criticisms,

Why do companies pursue collaborative circular oriented innovation?

We investigate why companies collaborate within the circular oriented innovation process. The purpose is to understand what motives trigger collaborative circular oriented innovation, as well as conditions, drivers and barriers. First, we define circular oriented innovation building on sustainable oriented innovation literature. Subsequently, we investigate 11 leading circular economy companies op

Activism in Business Education : Making the social sciences practical for social entrepreneurs

Social entrepreneurship is a hot topic on many campuses around the world. The past decade has seen the birth of many a course on starting up social ventures, the development of whole educational programmes on social innovation, the establishment of university centres for the promotion of social impact and the launch of incubation labs for students who want to make the world a better place. Althoug

Single-Trial Cognitive Stress Classification Using Portable Wireless Electroencephalography

This work used a low-cost wireless electroencephalography (EEG) headset to quantify the human response to different cognitive stress states on a single-trial basis. We used a Stroop-type color⁻word interference test to elicit mild stress responses in 18 subjects while recording scalp EEG. Signals recorded from thirteen scalp locations were analyzed using an algorithm that computes the root mean sq

Engaged Scholarship : Taking responsibility for the politics of our method mediations

The essay argues that between the world we aim to study and the realities we describe there is no straight, neutral relation. Instead, through our scientific practices we simplify that world as well as contribute to shape it. Methods are not mere procedures to mirror the world; rather, methods mediate between the world and our descriptions of it, and in the process they contribute to both simplify

A framework for the ethical assessment of chimeric animal research involving human neural tissue

Background: Animal models of human diseases are often used in biomedical research in place of human subjects. However, results obtained by animal models may fail to hold true for humans. One way of addressing this problem is to make animal models more similar to humans by placing human tissue into animal models, rendering them chimeric. Since technical and ethical limitations make neurological dis

Betongen berättar: Handbok för muralaktivister (Handbook for Community Activists)

Att låta de som omtalas i samhällsdebatten själva ta makten över sina egna berättelser.En muralmålning är ett kaxigt utropstecken i betongen: Lyssna på oss, hör våra berättelser! Det här är vårt område och våra liv! I den här handboken delar Förorten i Centrum med sig av en rad konkreta metoder för hur du skapar engagemang i ett område och tar muralprojektet från start till färdig målning – och vi

Att skriva fram den andre

“Fram” i kapitlets titel, “att skriva fram den andra”, är valt med omsikt. Det syftar till att lyfta fram textens förmåga att skapa det den beskriver. Texter som beskriver “kvinnor”, “homosexuella”, “arbetarklassen” eller “invandrare” skapar först kvinnor, homosexuella, arbetarklassen eller invandrare som befintliga grupper värda att skildra. Därefter skriver man om dessa grupper som om de r

Social Entrepreneurship: Cases and Concepts

When is the right time to start up a social venture? How should it price its first services? What constituencies should be considered when shaping the board? What collaborations should the venture establish? When is it time to expand? And to close down? How can long-term economic sustainability be achieved? Which scaling-up strategy is most appropriate? How can social impact be assessed? These are

Mixed support for a causal link between single dose intranasal oxytocin and spiritual experiences : opposing effects depending on individual proclivities for absorption

Intranasal oxytocin (OT) has previously been found to increase spirituality, an effect moderated by OT-related genotypes. This pre-registered study sought to conceptually replicate and extend those findings. Using a single dose of intranasal OT vs placebo (PL), we investigated experimental treatment effects, and moderation by OT-related genotypes on spirituality, mystical experiences, and the sens

Culture and Identity in Organization Studies

This chapter deals with culture and identity in management studies. An interest in culture and identity can be understood as an interest in the symbolic side of the organization that deals with meaning, interpretation, symbols and action (rather than behavior). The symbolic side of enterprise has always been present in organization studies; since the early 1980s, however, this has predominantly be

Overcoming inertia: The social question in social entrepreneurship

The literature on social entrepreneurship continues to grow. This research is novel and vibrant, yet erratic and fragmented. In this chapter I first organize the burgeoning social-entrepreneurship literature into two streams: one conceptual stream concerned with defining social entrepreneurship; a second management- oriented stream concerned with the establishment and development of social venture

Powerful Dichotomies: Inclusion and exclusion in the Information Society

Technological development, in particular the development of information and communicatiion technologies (ICT), is often presented as the answer to many social problems. Proponents of the Information Society suggest that poverty, failing integration, unemployment, and llack of democracy can be addressed with the appropriate technological means. Inequality iis often framed in terms of a digital divi

Management of concussion in soccer

BACKGROUND: When participating in contact sports, (mild) head trauma is a common incident-observed in both professional and amateur sports. When head trauma results in transient neurological impairment, a sports-related concussion has occurred. Acute concussion, repetitive concussions, as well as cumulative "sub-concussive" head impacts may increase the risk of developing cognitive and behavioral

Management of symptomatic sacral perineural cysts with microsurgery and a vascularized fasciocutaneous flap

Background: The optimal treatment of symptomatic perineural (Tarlov) cysts is controversial. Numerous surgical techniques have been proposed with conflicting results. A series of Tarlov cysts treated with a novel surgical approach is presented.Methods: Patients with surgically treated symptomatic perineural cysts during 2013-2016 were included. The main indications for surgery were persistent radi

Intracranial pressure elevations in diffuse axonal injury : association with nonhemorrhagic MR lesions in central mesencephalic structures

OBJECTIVEIncreased intracranial pressure (ICP) in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) with diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is not well defined. This study investigated the occurrence of increased ICP and whether clinical factors and lesion localization on MRI were associated with increased ICP in patients with DAI.METHODSFifty-two patients with severe TBI (median age 24 years, range 9-61