High altitude climbers as ethnomethodologists making sense of cognitive dissonance: ethnographic insights from an attempt to scale Mt Everest [PDF]
, 2008 This ethnographic study examined how a group of high altitude climbers (N = 6)drew on ethnomethodological principles (the documentary method of interpretation, reflexivity, indexicality, and membership) to interpret their experiences of cognitive ...
Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn +2 more
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The exploration of relationships between information fulfilment and organisational design [PDF]
, 2009 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between information fulfilment and organisational design. Design/ Methodology/Approach: This exploration is undertaken in four ways.
Burke, ME
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A blended quantitative-ethnographic method for describing vocal sonification in dance coaching
Psychology of Language and Communication, 2018 In this paper we present a micro-analytic description of the role vocalizing plays in a single case of professional dance instruction. We use a novel mix of qualitative and quantitative tools in order to investigate, and more thoroughly characterize ...
Trasmundi Sarah Bro +1 more
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Anthropology & Aging, 2022 Amidst the widespread stigma and exclusion attached to dementia in dominant narratives of successful ageing, this article addresses a gap in the scientific literature concerning our understanding of the medicalization of cognitive decline as a natural ...
Sébastien Libert, Paul Higgs
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Exploring efficacy in personal constraint negotiation: an ethnography of mountaineering tourists [PDF]
, 2019 Limited work has explored the relationship between efficacy and personal constraint negotiation for adventure tourists, yet efficacy is pivotal to successful activity participation as it influences people’s perceived ability to cope with constraints, and
Adele Doran +9 more
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GTA: Groupware task analysis Modeling complexity [PDF]
, 1996 The task analysis methods discussed in this presentation stem from Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Ethnography (as applied for the design of Computer Supported Cooperative Work CSCW), different disciplines that often are considered conflicting ...
Bergevoet, Bas A.J. +2 more
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Economía en problemas: la agencia económica individual en tiempos de crisis
Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología, 2014 This article examines the extent to which individual economic agencies are reconfigured during crises. Empirical evidence from an ethnographic study about the Argentine crisis of 2001 is presented, arguing that periods of crisis are suggestive ...
NAYMÉ N. GAGGIOLI-HOERPEL
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Encounters on the social web: Everyday life and emotions online [PDF]
, 2015 Encounters also happen online nowadays and, yes, they are still difficult to describe, even though it is sometimes easier to observe them-and obtain data about them- than in the past.
Beneito Montagut, Roser
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Nonadjacent dependencies and sequential structure of chimpanzee action during a natural tool-use task [PDF]
PeerJMany of the complex behaviours of humans involve the production of nonadjacent dependencies between sequence elements, which in part can be generated through the hierarchical organization of sequences.
Elliot Howard-Spink +5 more
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Personal and community values behind sustainable food consumption: a meta-ethnography
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 Various aspects of sustainable food consumption have been studied within the Social Sciences in the last years. Specifically, the analysis of motivations and determinants behind alternative economic practices has gained prominence in disciplines such as ...
Muriel Lamarque +2 more
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