"-Ologies and -Isms" was a compilation of words used to name or describe "theories, concepts, doctrines, systems, attitudes, practices, states of mind and branches of science" and emphasizing those with particular suffixes: -ology, -ism, -graphy, -metry, -archy, -cide, -philia, -phobia, -mancy and -latry.
The vulnerability ontology that forms the backbone of VuWiki helps identify the decisions and assumptions made by the researchers concerning theories, concepts, and methods used in their assessments.
Different theories (concepts) in the social sciences, however, can change social systems and societies, if that new theory (concept) convinces enough members or key actors of a society.
This study describes these biomimetic designs through theories, concepts, issues, approaches, methodologies, materials from nature, developed materials and systems in architectural applications.
This will not only help to sustain a feminist tradition, it will also increase the richness of feminist work and decrease the odds of feminists being held captive by male-biased philosophical methods, theories, concepts and images.
If culture is taken to be effectively related to action and meaning, it is necessary to go beyond the approach in which theories, concepts, and methods developed in one socio-cultural context are simply applied to data generated in another.
