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The book review discusses "Understanding Nonprofit Work: A Communication Perspective" by Koschmann and Sanders. The authors argue for a constitutive approach to understanding nonprofit work, emphasizing communication as the process that creates and maintains social reality. They apply this perspective to various areas of nonprofit work, including leadership, management, governance, collaboration, and international work. The book offers a distinct view on nonprofits and challenges traditional assumptions, making it valuable for researchers, practitioners, and those unfamiliar with communication as a discipline. The authors provide case studies and examples to illustrate their claims, although more would be beneficial. Overall, the book presents a compelling argument for understanding nonprofits on their own terms. [Extracted from the article]

The article is a review of the book "Didáctica del español como 2/L en el siglo XXI" written by Manel Lacorte and Agustín Reyes-Torres. The book stands out for its emphasis on the ability to choose, appropriate, and implement knowledge for the school environment. The authors pay attention to the incorporation of teaching in every aspect of the learning process, reflecting on the characteristics of the educational context and the processes of social interaction. The book also emphasizes the individual and collective reflection of the teacher on current ideas and teaching strategies, as well as the needs and interests of students and teachers. Additionally, the concept of "multi-literacies" is addressed, highlighting the importance of flexibility and adaptation to individual and group variables. The book provides explanations of the necessary basic concepts for teachers and is based on updated academic research. [Extracted from the article]

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The text is a review of the book "Rationality, Action, and Opacity. Vulnerable Subjects in Free Lands" written by Fernando Broncano. The author explores the notion of rationality and presents his own conception of it. The book addresses topics such as spontaneity, agency, and vulnerability of subjects, and highlights the importance of social interaction in the formation of identity. The author questions human rationality using examples of horrifying cases of human behavior and recounts the story of Christopher John McCandless as an example of the disastrous results of excessive modesty. The book seeks to generate a debate within the philosophical community. [Extracted from the article]

The Late Pleistocene of southwestern Asia witnessed hominin diversification, admixture, and adaptation to new environments. The Iranian Plateau in southwestern Asia lies at the crossroads between Africa, Europe, Central Asia, and the Far East, and therefore, has contributed substantially to the history of hominin migration. On the Iranian Plateau, the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition is a puzzling phase that lacks chronological precision and stratified archaeological materials. The timing and geographical context of this transition are essential for understanding the spread of modern humans and their interactions with other species, including the Neanderthals. Sorheh Rockshelter in the southern piedmonts of the Alborz Mountains on the northern Iranian Plateau is a newly discovered site on high altitude of 1903 m asl., with the potential to answer some of these questions. In 2019 and 2022, excavations at Sorheh revealed distinct hominin behavioural and settlement systems, falling under the description of the Initial Upper Palaeolithic in the Levant, eastern Europe, Siberia, and Mongolia. In the chronological window covered at Sorheh (∼50–35 ka), the Upper Palaeolithic cultures had already been developed in other regions of the Iranian Plateau. The new data we obtained from Sorheh determines, for the first time, a physiogeographic, chronostratigraphic, and anthropogenic picture of the Initial Upper Palaeolithic on the Iranian Plateau, filling the gap in the distribution of this techno-complex between the Levant and eastern Eurasia. Deciphering the Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Sorheh indicates the complex and diverse nature of hominin behaviours during the transitional Middle-Upper Palaeolithic phase and reveals the critical role of the northern Iranian Plateau in hominin expansion towards Central Asia. • Iranian Plateau is Focal region for understanding hominin expansion and admixture. • Two biogeographical realms of Palaearctic and Afro-Arabian are intertwined on the Iranian Plateau. • Sorheh Rockshelter is located at the intersection zone of these two realms. • Sorheh Initial Upper Palaeolithic shows diversity of hominin behaviours during Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition. • Sorheh findings reveals the critical role of the Iranian Plateau in hominin expansion towards Central Asia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The book "Romanland: Ethnicity and Empire in Byzantium" by Anthony Kaldellis addresses the topic of the ethnonym used by the inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire to refer to themselves. The author argues that the Byzantines called themselves "romaioi," which implied a consciousness and legitimacy of their Roman identity. The book also reinterprets the way in which the territory and the notion of a multicultural empire were politically understood. Through Byzantine sources, the author dismantles misconceptions and shows how scholars have denied the Roman identity of the Byzantines. Although some ideas are problematic, the book provides valuable information for interpreting the Byzantine Empire and the social and cultural interactions of its inhabitants. [Extracted from the article]

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common condition in old age; an individual living with AD has impairments in social cognition, and it is also very stressful for caregivers. The authors introduce social cognitive models in autism, explain the research methods, and consider the impact of individual differences in ASD to comprehend the social cognitive basis of ASD. Two key points of future research are: how adolescent social cognition supports romantic and sexual development and how adolescent cognition and experience influence adult life. [Extracted from the article]

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Knabb and I dedicated that book to giving a voice to people of faith and encouraging an emic approach to studying religion. Plante is a psychologist who has written widely on the psychology of religion, especially in clinical application. The book pulls together a number of topics that might be considered "fringe" ideas in psychology, theology, and science and gives them a voice, demonstrating serious efforts to show empirical validity as much as can be done with these topics. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the relationship between humans and companion animals, questioning what defines an animal as such and how humans construct moral, ethical, and social categories to determine which animals are worthy of living with them. It also addresses the benefits of this interaction on human health and well-being, as well as the consequences for the lives of animals. The topic of non-human animals has gained prominence in Portugal, where the percentage of households with pets has increased in recent years. The thematic dossier discusses different aspects of this relationship, such as the role of companion animals in families, cities, and personal life, as well as issues related to loss and mourning. [Extracted from the article]

In the book "Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies," Geoffrey Yeo analyzes the development of recording practices in early societies. He examines the use of "accounting tokens" on clay tablets in Mesopotamia and the introduction of phonetic writing around 2500 BC in Mesopotamia. The book also discusses the spread of recording techniques in other regions such as Egypt, the Aegean, China, and America. Yeo discusses the relationship between orality and literacy, as well as the significance of records in social and cultural interactions. He emphasizes the need to apply contemporary archival concepts to the past but warns against anachronistic interpretation. The book is aimed at an archival specialist audience but is also interesting for anyone interested in the emergence of written culture and archives. [Extracted from the article]

Apart from these, the authors are aware of the fact that previous dialogues, as well as cultural conventions or even objects and events (props), need to be taken into account since they play an important role in alignment. Although Pickering and Garrod's understanding of dialogue is that of dyadic interaction, they are aware of the fact there is more to dialogue than a pair. Thus, the authors put forward a non-monadic cognitive theory of dialogue processing that treats language as part of social interaction. Pickering and Garrod understand "dialogue" as face-to-face dyadic interaction and conceive it as "the basic form of language use", a cooperative joint activity within a system that is controlled by both interlocutors who work towards achieving a common goal. [Extracted from the article]

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Situational breakdowns: Understanding protest violence and other surprising outcomes, by Anne Nassauer Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019, 288 pp., £25.99 (hardback), ISBN: 9780190922061 The eruption of violence at apparently peaceful protests is an important issue, as the effect of a loss of control can be significant and lasting. In setting out the respective positions of protest actors (Chapter 1) and the police (Chapter 3), Nassauer clearly demonstrates the interactive character of such events, pointing to the centrality of mutually recognised and understood patterns. Addressing how this may happen, Nassauer notes that 'several triggering moments can systematically foster emotional dominance and protest violence: the breakup of police-protester lines; one side being outnumbered; and people falling down'[6]. [Extracted from the article]

According to the authors, theories of Interactional linguistics are mainly developed from the research findings in Conversation Analysis, Contextualization Theory and Linguistic Anthropology, stressing more on language use and its context. Interactional Linguistics is a cover term for the studies of spoken language in talk-in-interaction, to explore how social interaction is shaped by language resources that are systematically deployed in communication. For the research methods, Interactional Linguists advocate the empirical data-based studies and the cross-linguistic analysis, combining the methods employed in Conversation Analysis. [Extracted from the article]