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Arena of Autoethnography

Autoethnography involves humans reflecting upon their lived experience. The systematization of the reflection generates a range of research methods based on the researcher as the first tool to interpret cult...

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Arena of Becoming

Being and becoming are opposed only in a very restrictive although dominant philosophical tradition. In this arena, the journal opens to the discussion of the ontology of being and of becoming as complementa...

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Arena of Borders

The Arena of Borders examines how and why humans construct, maintain and deconstruct borders in mind and society.

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Arena of Changing

Change is an ontological category but in social sciences it is often understood as an incident. What are the ways to detect, interpret and predict change? What forms does it take in human activities?

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Arena of Creation

In the Arena of Creation, the journal asks - what are the forms of invention, creation, and innovation? What are their consequences in human life?

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Arena of Crisis

This arena discusses the relevance of crisis experiences from different perspectives, exploring the concept as part of human activity rather than an incident.

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Arena of Development

The social sciences often overlook developmental aspects of phenomena. In this arena, the forms and trajectories of development as inherent to phenomena are discussed.

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Arena of Dramatization

Articles that fit within the Arena of Dramatization discuss the different forms of everyday interactions implying a dimension of dramatization, ritualization, and theatricalization.

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Arena of Dwelling

At some moments in history, humans turned into dwellers (of places, ideas, affects, etc.). What are the forms and conditions of dwelling? How is dwelling a transformation (of the umwelt, of the identity, etc...

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Arena of Ecology

Ecological thinking is a way of understanding phenomena as a network of interconnections and interdependences. This is common in environmental sciences, but not in social sciences. Articles in this collectio...

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Arena of Epistemology

Articles in this arena discuss the many forms of knowledge production and theoretical foundations.

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Arena of Ethics

Although ethics is normative, many experiences appear in the forms of dilemmas that do not have an ultimate solution. Here both the ethical choices in everyday life as well as in research and the system of v...

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Arena of Health

The definition of health is elusive and historically situated. Health is the arena where expectations, fear, business, welfare, everyday practices and social justice are at stake.

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Arena of Ideas

This arena provides a platform for discussing the history of scientific ideas, their conflicts, and their futures.

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Arena of Identity

In common usage, identity is a powerful word with multiple meanings, experienced individually but able to destabilize and trigger entire countries. In social sciences, the concept is often used with complete...

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Arena of Imagination

Imagining is a human peculiarity that seems ubiquitous to many activities. However, its definition and study are still to be fully developed. Publications in this arena examine these still developing questions.

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Arena of Making

Many thinkers identify humans as homo faber. Undoubtedly, inventing, building, weaving, modifying, improving, trading, but also demolishing are features of human activity. How does this appear in psychologic...

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Arena of Methodology

In this arena, the systems of scientific knowledge production are discussed, including the metatheoretical code, the theoretical background, the nature of the phenomena, the research situation, the methods, ...

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Arena of Movement

Human beings are always on the move. Phenomena such as migration, displacement, deportation, discovery, and exploration have been a part of history since the appearance of the homo genus. What forms does mov...

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Arena of Myth

Mythopoesis is an ubiquitous human activity. It connects cosmic, social and psychological worlds, and archetypal forms contribute to existential meaning-making. Primeval and modern myths echo in everyday lif...

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Arena of Origins

Human beings seems obsessed with the problem of origins. Where do we come from? How are origins able to legitimate human rights? One can see the power of this theme in history, politics and social life. This...

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Arena of Pandemic

Pandemics are a constant in human history and most likely will continue to be in the near future, due to changes in the global circulation. This arena discusses the manifold aspects of the pandemic experienc...

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Arena of Regulation

Living together implies the development of internalized and externalized forms of regulation of self and other’s behavior and emotions. Self-regulation is an important developmental task. What historical for...

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Arena of Schooling

Formal education is a relatively recent and limited form of education. In this arena, the different forms of schooling and their individual and collective processes are discussed.

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Arena of Spirituality

The spiritual dimension of human experience seems to be universal. However, it has taken many different forms throughout history. What are the forms of human spiritual experience, both individual and collect...

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Arena of Subjectivity

People in (post-)modern societies are increasingly being addressed as agentic individuals who are held responsible for personal aspects of their life and beyond. This arena discusses contributions on individ...

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Arena of Technologies

Human activities are more and more mediated by technologies, which seem to have become a driving force of their own. In this sense, this arena includes contributions on the study of contemporary technologies...

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Arena of the Body

The body is the arena and the interface of meaning-making. It can be gendered, historicized, hybridated, semioticized, violated, decorated, etc. This arena discusses non-dualistic and non-reductionistic appr...

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Arena of Transdisciplinarity

The dialogue between academic disciplines and non-academic production of knowledge is more and more relevant, especially in the fields of social justice, environmental issues and decolonization. Working outs...

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Arena of Values

Meaning-making and action are framed by different systems of values. Here, we discuss the way values affect everyday life (more or less explicitly) and the ways they are produced and modified.

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Coffee Break

During the informal talks at conferences, interesting exchanges of ideas, new projects and innovative off topic discussions often happen. In this collection, researchers revisit and push forward forgotten id...

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Dialogue

For articles in this collection, a senior and an early stage researcher develop theoretical insights in the form of a dialogue with the purpose of revisiting the history of ideas in function of new horizons.

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The Max Planck Papers

This collection brings together papers from the Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics and Max Planck Institute for the History of Sciences. It deals with the diverse perspectives on the historical and co...

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