Ontology in cognitive science has long been dominated by cognitivism, developing
computer science metaphors to position cognition as intrinsic mind-brain information …

The sociology of personal life (SPL) has been largely untouched by sociology's ontological
turn. A few scholars have attempted to retrofit SPL and new-materialist ideas, but these …

Taking the Irish pianist and music teacher Dorothy Stokes as a case study, this article
explores alternative formulations of kinship in independent Ireland. It analyzes Stokes's …

This article offers personal reflections and scholarly observations that identify the
significance of maternal and paternal aunties in bogadi and ulwaluko traditional …

Taking the Irish pianist and music teacher Dorothy Stokes as a case study, this article
explores alternative formulations of kinship in independent Ireland. It analyzes Stokes's …

This thesis examines the production of intergenerational encounters and its function in
social life. The aim of this study is to produce knowledge about how municipally arranged …

Aunts are constantly perceived as extended family members designated to support the
nuclear family according to western familial traditions. Previous research has consistently …

The romantic ideal of companionate marriage combined with the impact of a political
revolution, a market revolution, and an evangelical awakening to recast the middle-class …