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Item type:Publication, Game invention as means to stimulate probabilistic thinking(International Association for Statistical Educationshse@cbs.nl, 2020-02-29)In this paper, we make a qualitative analysis of didactic experiments performed with five 6 to 10-year-old children and five primary school teachers, starting from a structured game with probabilistic elements. The fundamental idea is to stimulate probabilistic thinking not only by playing a card game with decision making in uncertain situations, but by inventing games modifying the initial game. These experiments are grounded on the importance of emotions for learning, the subjective probability approach, and researches on problem posing. We have found that this activity of inventing games has a significant impact on the development of probabilistic thinking in children and teachers; it reduces the anxiety and it could be used in teaching strategies to foster statistical and probability literacy. Some of its positive effects are the strengthening of creativity, self-efficacy, self-esteem, the ability to ask questions, and the enjoyment of learning. First published February 2020 at Statistics Education Research Journal Archives - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Employee creativity in war zones: Empirical evidence from small firms in Afghanistan(Life Science Publishing Co. Ltdopj@lifescience.co.jp, 2020-09-01)The major concern of employees during times of war and conflict is apparently physical survival. But how are top managers of small-sized companies enhancing the generation of novel and useful ideas by their employees in such physically dangerous business environments? In Afghanistan, as a war-torn country, this research examined for the first time how getting closer to employees—which is conceptualized as internal marketing orientation culture in our study—directly affects the generation of novel and useful ideas by employees in the workplace. Our analysis is based on survey data from 81 newly established small-sized companies in Afghanistan. Results indicate a mediating role of employees' perceived psychological safety on the relationship between internal market orientation culture and employees' creative work involvement. Moreover, we discuss the impact of employees' creative work involvement on small-sized firm competitiveness improvement in general. Finally, we extend our implications in the context of the componential theory model of creativity, which might also serve as a framework for future research. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Cortázar: los relatos fragmentados y la importancia de un lector activo(Fluminense Federal University, 2022-10-26)In the following article, we have sought to highlight Cortázar’s concept of the author-work-reader relationship. From his earliest novels, Cortázar revealed his intent to break with the established canon, with his most important work, Hopscotch, demonstrating this very rupture with respect to the traditional concept of the novel. Such an idea of fragmented stories that alternate with other types of discourse did, however, respond to what we believe is a more active type of participation from the reader who is beseiged by a variety of motives. This approach even leads the author to articulate different forms of discourse in which he can include “stories”k through frames, as is the case in Último round. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Conservatism negatively predicts creativity: A study across 28 countries(SAGE Publications Inc., 2024-06-01)Previous studies have found a negative relationship between creativity and conservatism. However, as these studies were mostly conducted on samples of homogeneous nationality, the generalizability of the effect across different cultures is unknown. We addressed this gap by conducting a study in 28 countries. Based on the notion that attitudes can be shaped by both environmental and ecological factors, we hypothesized that parasite stress can also affect creativity and thus, its potential effects should be controlled for. The results of multilevel analyses showed that, as expected, conservatism was a significant predictor of lower creativity, adjusting for economic status, age, sex, education level, subjective susceptibility to disease, and country-level parasite stress. In addition, most of the variability in creativity was due to individual rather than country-level variance. Our study provides evidence for a weak but significant negative link between conservatism and creativity at the individual level (β = −0.08, p <.001) and no such effect when country-level conservatism was considered. We present our hypotheses considering previous findings on the behavioral immune system in humans. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, The AI-ization of society and cultural management through a McDonaldization lens(Transcript Verlag, 2025-09-30)This essay revisits George Ritzer's concept of the McDonaldization of society, defined by the principles of efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control, and examines its renewed relevance in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Originally grounded in critiques of the fast-food industry and pervasive effects on society, McDonaldization has extended its reach across various sectors, including education, healthcare, consumption, religion, and sexuality. AI's rationalizing logic mirrors that of fast-food models, restructuring processes while limiting individuality and agency. As AI systems increasingly operate with autonomy, the essay raises concerns about the erosion of human oversight and the rise of decision-making processes devoid of human values. By situating AI within the McDonaldization framework, the essay provides a critical lens for assessing the social and ethical implications of automation, especially in light of its growing role in shaping institutional practices and daily life. McDonaldization thus emerges not only as a historical critique but as a vital tool for contemporary analysis. This essay emerges from a dialogue between the authors and sociologist George Ritzer on the rapid deployment of AI and its potential for AI-ization, understood here as the process by which AI transforms work practices and everyday life. We examine how this process parallels, intersects with, and in certain respects surpasses McDonaldization, with particular attention to the cultural sector. Furthermore, our argument is that AI technologies not only mirror but also actively accelerate McDonaldizing tendencies in contemporary society, especially through what Ritzer terms the irrationality of rationality; clearly observable in the creative industries, where the very concept of creativity is at stake. In the realm of algorithmically generated educational and cultural content, AI promises speed and standardization yet simultaneously risks eroding human creativity, autonomy, and ethical judgment. This discussion focuses on how AI-ization contributes to increasing homogenization, perpetuates cultural bias, and impacts the accessibility, control, and authenticity of cultural production.2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Megaprojects Observed: The Extractivist Hiding Hand at Resource Peripheries(SAGE Publishing, 2025-04-14)Mining operations are often presented to society as comprehensive megaprojects for development. But is that truly the case? How are their environmental impacts anticipated and regulated? Located in the impoverished southern Andes of Peru, the Las Bambas mine accounts for about 2% of global copper production. In contrast to Albert Hirschman's classic theory of the Hiding Hand in economic development, this mine represents a project where initial ignorance of risks is not necessarily counterbalanced by creative solutions from state officials later on. We examine the processes of environmental regulation and assess the creativity in public policy. The significant alterations to the project and its Environmental Impact Assessment, made without mandatory citizen participation, have contributed to growing social discontent. An Extractivist Hiding Hand ensures the development of resources but little else. In this context, creativity and state capacity are deployed to conceal environmental injustices.2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Computational creativity issues in generative design and digital fabrication of complex 3D meshes(SAGE Publications Inc., 2025-06-01)This article describes generative algorithms and Digital Fabrication techniques with organic materials to create complex 3D objects for industrial design, sculpture, and architecture. Experimental artistic production using these algorithms concluded with1