Authors :
Sujay Rao Mandavilli
Volume/Issue :
Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 10 - October
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Abstract :
This paper is built upon our earlier papers on
the symbiotic approach to sociocultural change, and
extends them meaningfully in new directions. This is done
by proposing different types of tools and techniques that
can be used in identifying cultural bottlenecks, and can
therefore be used to usher in, or bring about a faster pace
of sociocultural change. We therefore, aptly and
appropriately begin this paper by carrying out a brief
overview of our earlier papers on sociocultural change,
and by briefly laying down their various concepts and
postulates. Subsequently, and resultantly, various tools
and techniques for identifying and overcoming cultural
bottlenecks are also proposed. These include an alignment
with a cultural taxonomy, a comparative method to
compare cultures, a high low analysis of values, a root
cause analysis of cultural performance, analysis of cultural
orientations, an evaluation of cultural performance by
laying down metric and measurements and analyzing the
pace of sociocultural change, etc. We also briefly discuss
ethnographic techniques that can be used to evaluate
cultures, including long-term ethnography and the
ethnography of enculturation. Likewise, social science
research methods, and components of research design are
reviewed, besides some other approaches to identifying
and analyzing cultural bottlenecks. We hope and
anticipate that this paper will become a useful cog in the
machine to bring about faster sociocultural change, and
will become an intrinsic part of our globalization of science
movement as well.
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- Towards scientific apperception tests for twenty-first century social sciences research: Formulating ‘Structured apperception techniques for socio-cultural change’ in twenty-first century social sciences research Sujay Rao Mandavilli IJISRT June 2023
- Aligning theorization and hypothesis-building with cultural and cross-cultural frames of reference: A heuristic aid to better theorization and hypothesis-building Sujay Rao Mandavilli IJISRT June 2024
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- Advocating output criteria based scientific and research methodologies: Why the reliability of scientific and research methods must be measured based on output criteria and attributes Sujay Rao Mandavilli IJISRT, August 2023
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- Delineating “Cultural limits” and “Anthropological limits” as central theorems in the social sciences: Some more useful and practicable techniques for social sciences research Sujay Rao Mandavilli This paper is based on my paper on Anthropological economics and has been published directly in Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN) in July 2024
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This paper is built upon our earlier papers on
the symbiotic approach to sociocultural change, and
extends them meaningfully in new directions. This is done
by proposing different types of tools and techniques that
can be used in identifying cultural bottlenecks, and can
therefore be used to usher in, or bring about a faster pace
of sociocultural change. We therefore, aptly and
appropriately begin this paper by carrying out a brief
overview of our earlier papers on sociocultural change,
and by briefly laying down their various concepts and
postulates. Subsequently, and resultantly, various tools
and techniques for identifying and overcoming cultural
bottlenecks are also proposed. These include an alignment
with a cultural taxonomy, a comparative method to
compare cultures, a high low analysis of values, a root
cause analysis of cultural performance, analysis of cultural
orientations, an evaluation of cultural performance by
laying down metric and measurements and analyzing the
pace of sociocultural change, etc. We also briefly discuss
ethnographic techniques that can be used to evaluate
cultures, including long-term ethnography and the
ethnography of enculturation. Likewise, social science
research methods, and components of research design are
reviewed, besides some other approaches to identifying
and analyzing cultural bottlenecks. We hope and
anticipate that this paper will become a useful cog in the
machine to bring about faster sociocultural change, and
will become an intrinsic part of our globalization of science
movement as well.