Controlling unruly osteoclasts

Unruly Subjects : Misbehaviour in the Workplace

There is little that more graphically indicates the normative character of much social science than its handling of misbehaviour. There is a great deal of evidence, particularly gathered from ethnographic research, indicating that misbehaviour at work is prevalent at all levels and amongst all types of employment (Fleming and Spicer, 2007). Research has revealed tendencies to misbehave – and es...

Opening the Production Pipeline: Unruly Creators

This paper explores the implications and uptakes of game developers’ increasing reliance on the creative labour of fan content creators. It draws on an ethnographic account of Australian game developer Auran’s increasing reliance on train and rail fans in the process of developing Trainz: a train and railroad simulation. I argue that this is not simply a case of the exploitation of unknowing fa...

Reconstructing Unruly Ecological Complexity: Science, Interpretation, and Critical, Reflective Practice

Involvement in environmental issues in the 1970s led me, as it did many fellow activists, to study the science of ecology. Having a mathematical disposition, I chose to focus less on field studies and more on quantitative analysis and theoretical modeling. I soon developed an interest that continues to this day in the challenge that ecological complexity poses to conventional scientific ways of...

Opened Up in UNRULY COMPLEXITY ECOLOGY , INTERPRETATION , ENGAGEMENT

Bad Dogs: Why Do Coyotes and Other Canids Become Unruly?

We summarize the behavior of several species of canids (coyotes, dingoes, and gray wolves) in relation to their habituation to humans and to human food sources. Striking parallels exist between coyotes and other wild canids in terms of the inclination of individual animals to act aggressively toward humans and even attack, once they have come to associate humans with food. We describe the stage...