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Ensaio sobre o Auto-Aproveitamento: um relato de investidas naturais na participação social [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2014
The use of digital traces of our social structures and activities is a reality for some companies and State instances. The exploitation by the individual and by Society is still incipient. This writing is a brief account of an immersion to advance this civil empowerment, beginning with experiments for collection and dissemination of information, and ...
arxiv  

Cultural Anthropology Through the Lens of Wikipedia - A Comparison of Historical Leadership Networks in the English, Chinese, Japanese and German Wikipedia [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2015
In this paper we study the differences in historical worldview between Western and Eastern cultures, represented through the English, Chinese, Japanese, and German Wikipedia. In particular, we analyze the historical networks of the World's leaders since the beginning of written history, comparing them in the four different Wikipedias.
arxiv  

Innovation anthropology

open access: yesStudia Humanitatis, 2023
Innovation anthropology studies new features from the perspective of their impact on human existence, both individual and collective. This approach views innovations as a key aspect of human interaction, as well as their implications for human ...
Medzhidova Nargiz Gamidovna
doaj  

SET-E: The Search for Extraterrestrial Environmentalism [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2016
There is currently no evidence for life on any known exoplanet. Here, we propose a form of "galactic anthropology" to detect not only the existence of life on transiting exoplanets, but also the existence of environmentalism movements. By observing the planet's atmosphere over long time baselines, the destruction and recovery of a hole in an exoplanet ...
arxiv  

Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in South Asians: An Epidemiological and Anthropological Study in an Urban Populace of Eastern India [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
Background: This study examines cardiometabolic (CM) risk factors in an urban South Asian population, integrating medical and Anthropological perspectives to explore the effects of socio-economic, lifestyle, gender-specific factors, and cultural norms on health outcomes.
arxiv  

A Human-Centered Approach to Data Privacy : Political Economy, Power, and Collective Data Subjects [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2016
Researchers find weaknesses in current strategies for protecting privacy in large datasets. Many anonymized datasets are reidentifiable, and norms for offering data subjects notice and consent over emphasize individual responsibility. Based on fieldwork with data managers in the City of Seattle, I identify ways that these conventional approaches break ...
arxiv  

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