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Preliminary Remarks on a Helical Representation of Time [PDF]
In this article I describe a system for representing musical timing as a helix, enabling the three-dimensional visualization and printing of both micro- and piece-length temporality.
McGraw, Andrew
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La fabrique des statistiques pénitentiaires
This article intends to relate a specific research experience in which ethnography complements an econometric work. First, I published some results based on prison statistics and relative to electronic monitoring and recidivism; then, I tried to find out
Anaïs Henneguelle
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Patients with dementia often face challenges in hospital settings due to cognitive impairment. The aim of this study is to explore the encounter between patients with dementia and hospital staff, from the patient perspective.
Annemarie Toubøl +4 more
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Developing Educational Software: a professional tool perspective [PDF]
The selection, and use of educational software and its impact in schools are still controversial issues. In this paper we present an alternative conceptualisation of educational software based on considering the software as an instrument for teachers ...
Hinostroza, Juan Enrique +3 more
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The Bazaar as a Model for Knowledge Work
ABSTRACT This paper presents fieldwork that extends existing metaphors of knowledge work as a process shaped by hierarchical or market forces. A qualitative, ethnographic study of six knowledge‐intensive businesses in two countries identifies striking parallels with the Middle Eastern bazaar in contrast to Western impersonal markets and hierarchies. We
Reed Elliot Nelson +2 more
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Service Workers’ Sensemaking Process of Customer Misbehavior: The Case of French Rail Transport
Drawing on Weick’s sensemaking theory and based on an in-depth ethnography of a French public railway company, this article reveals the cognitive map that underlines the service worker’s interpretation of customer misbehavior.
Oriane Sitte de Longueval
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Benefits of Rereading Texts about Folklore by Professor Kazimiera Zawistowicz-Adamska
The paper presents and analyses views of the scholar, ethnographer and founder of the so-called Łódź school of ethnography, Kazimiera Zawistowicz-Adamska (1897–1984) concerning the issues of cognitive difficulties they encountered – as well as some that ...
Maria Wieruszewska
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The challenges of "upstream" communication and public engagement for Irish nanotechnology [PDF]
This paper sets out some challenges for Ireland’s contribution to nanotechnology public engagement in the context of current STS and science communication theoretical practice approaches.
Murphy, Padraig
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ABSTRACT Consuming luxury products and services has received little systematic attention as a potential pathway to consumer well‐being, despite sporadic evidence suggesting that luxury experiences may catalyse self‐transformational processes and happiness‐related outcomes.
Solon Magrizos +2 more
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Purpose: Stroke survivors report poorer self-rated health (SRH) compared to the general population but there is limited understanding on what contributes to SRH.
Kwong Hsia Yap +3 more
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