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Browsing and book selection in the physical library shelves [PDF]

, 2013
Library users should be conveniently interact with collections and be able to easily choose books of interest as they explore and browse a physical book collection.
Alqurashi, Hayat, Cunningham, Sally Jo, Heese, Ralf, Hinze, Annika, Timpany, Claire, Vanderschantz, Nicholas   +5 more
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Living Without a Mobile Phone: An Autoethnography

, 2018
This paper presents an autoethnography of my experiences living without a mobile phone. What started as an experiment motivated by a personal need to reduce stress, has resulted in two voluntary mobile phone breaks spread over nine years (i.e., 2002-2008
Lucero, Andrés
core   +1 more source

Connecting tradition and technology: The digitization of the ethnobotanical collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants, including traditional knowledge and vernacular names, with a focus on the Atlantic Forest and Amazon.
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Luis Alexandre Estevão da Silva, Felipe Alves Oliveira, Maria Paula Vasconcelos Mesquita, Mariana Taniguchi, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

(PREPRINT) Calling to Prayer in ‘Pandemic Times’: Muslim Women’s Practices and Contested Public Spaces in Germany

Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, 2021
This article explores how the regulations imposed during Germany’s first coronavirus lockdown in 2020 impacted on gendered mosque spaces and the digital spheres relating to those spaces.
Simone Pfeifer
doaj  

Who Does Bogotá “Care” for? Care Blocks, Care Workers and the Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper critically examines Bogotá's District Care System within the framework of urban social sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Focusing on the Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado), it employs a mixed‐methods approach—legal analysis, interviews, testimonies, surveys, and InfoCuidado data—to explore the paradox of a
Valentina Montoya‐Robledo, Berta Fernández‐Gallego   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

ATHENE : Assistive technologies for healthy living in elders : needs assessment by ethnography [PDF]

, 2011
Numerous assistive technologies to support independent living –including personal alarms, mobile phones, self-monitoring devices, mobility aids, software apps and home adaptations –have been developed over the years, but their uptake by older people ...
Dewsbury, Guy, Greenhalgh, Trisha, Procter, Rob, Rouncefield, Mark, Wherton, Joe   +4 more
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Consensus‐Based Recommendations to Embrace Sustainable Luxury: A Delphi Study

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Integrating sustainability into luxury practices presents unique challenges. Using a two‐phase Delphi method, this study develops consensus‐based recommendations for sustainable luxury. Findings identify key priorities including traceability, fair labour, circular design, and sustainable materials as essential for aligning luxury with ethical ...
Alexia Del Greco, Selena Russo, Francesca Greselin, Marco Bani, Giulia Rampoldi, Federico Zorzi, Stefano Ardenghi, Claudio Rozzoni, Maria Grazia Strepparava, Paolo Galli, MUSA‐Spoke5 group, Beatrice De Santes, Roberta Bettinetti, Tommaso Buganza, Stefania Carraro, Federica Celeste, Federico Cerri, Licia Cerini, Miriam Colombo, Marco Contardi, Camilla Falivena, Luca Fallati, Silvia Gadola, Marco Giustra, Valerio Isa, Lucio Lamberti, Maddalena Mazzocut‐Mis, Lucia Morelli, Lucia Paladino, Stefania Palmieri, Margherita Pero, Federico Pippo, Lorenzo Pizzuti, Daniela Preite, Claudia Riccardi, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Francesco Saliu, Lucia Salvioni, Carlo Salvato, Emanuela Scarpellini, Elena Scoccianti, Davide Seveso, Francesca Spena, Alessandra Spagnoli, Gianluca Tedaldi, Ilaria Tani, Francesco Tissoni, Giovanna Tonelli, Umberto Tolino, Daniel Trabucchi, Tamara Gaia Vasiljev, Andrea Visconti   +51 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nomadic Digital Ethnography and Engagement

Nomadic Peoples, 2020
Abstract The availability of information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as cell phones, WIFI connections, and social media has broadly changed communication norms amongst mobile pastoralists. Scholars and development organisations have reported on the end results of digital tools, for example by examining the ability of ...
openaire   +1 more source

Toward Digital, Critical, Participatory Action Research: Lessons From The #BarrioEdProj [PDF]

, 2014
The Education in our Barrios project, or #BarrioEdProj, is a digital critical participatory action research (D+CPAR) project that examines the interconnected remaking of public education and a New York City Latino core community in an era of racial ...
Mayorga, Edwin
core   +1 more source

The Role of Global Political Economy in Community‐Based Adaptation to Climate Change—Practitioners' Experience and Opinions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Community‐based adaptation scholars and practitioners acknowledge that power asymmetries pose significant barriers to project impact. Nevertheless, there is little research on the role of the global political economy as the root cause of vulnerability.
Tom Selje, Alexandra Klepp, Boris Heinz
wiley   +1 more source