Open-endedness is an important goal for designing systems that can autonomously find new and expected solutions to combinatorically-complex and ill-defined problems. Classically, issues of open-ended generation of novelty in the universe have come under the rubric of the problem of emergence. We distinguish two modes of creating novelty: combinatoric (new combinations of existing primitives, “r...

Despite the ongoing "war" between methodological camps this paper will argue for an integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in the sociological research process. For this purpose a short overview about important methodological discussions addressing basic questions of mixed (qualitative and quantitative) method designs will be given focusing on the term "triangulation" which is seen...

This is a philosophical ‘position paper’, starting from the observation that we have an intuitive grasp of a family of related concepts of “possibility”, “causation” and “constraint” which we often use in thinking about complex mechanisms, and perhaps also in perceptual processes, which according to Gibson are primarily concerned with detecting positive and negative affordances, such as support...

Abstract This article explores the theoretical strands and methodological possibilities for study of consumption popular print in pre-modern age. The first section general approaches cross-disciplinary angles to field. second looks at core methodologies approaching multi-faceted issue print. third offers a comparative discussion pan-European themes, including literacy schooling, sociality readi...

This article contributes to work in creative geographies through the lens of river spaces and a multimodal practice among an ensemble artists/poets/scientists. The collaboration created two collage series with both planned unplanned visual, textual, audio-visual media. Orchestrated time global pandemic, learnings from ensemble’s online are shared discussed, including: methodological possibiliti...

Abstract A brief comparative analysis of US and Chinese infrastructure projects is provided. The world-system approach, which sets the objective possibilities limitations strategies United States China as interconnected parts world economy politics, was chosen methodological basis. first part this article describes well position People’s Republic in modern system international relations. second...

Abstract This paper aims to present possibilities for monitoring access daycare at the municipal level. As a methodological strategy, education provision rates were calculated using enrollment data from school census and population through ratio-correlation method. Results showed that, on average, municipalities serve 32.2% of children aged up 3 years, inequalities related location socioeconomi...

This article explores the affordances, challenges, and imperfections of researching “post”humanizing creativity, by offering two exemplars, sharing how we walk talk, so to speak, as well have been rewarded challenged. is all within larger umbrella exploring a posthumanizing creative approach can expand pedagogical methodological possibilities for educators, facilitators, environments, other act...