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“Basic human things”: Investigating vehicle residents' continually fractured (information) landscapes

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This ethnographic study explores vehicle residents' information practices in the United States (US). Vehicle residents are people whose primary means of housing is a vehicle. This work builds on previous research encompassing transitions and fractured (information) landscapes. Using fractured information landscapes as the theoretical framework,
Kaitlin E. Montague
wiley   +1 more source

Servant Leadership: A Discussion between Managerial Competencies and Managerial Values

Studia i Materiały
Purpose: The goal of this article is explore the intricacies of servant leadership, the evolving expectations of new generations, the importance of managerial competencies and values, and the empirical findings from the comprehensive research conducted ...
Agnieszka Postuła
doaj   +1 more source

My life after death: connecting the field, the findings and the feelings [PDF]

, 2007
This paper is an account of an emotional journey that took place alongside an ethnographic study of the contemporary cemetery landscape. It seeks to highlight the importance of conducting empirical research as a 'rite of passage', leading to the role of ...
Woodthorpe, Kate
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Linguistic incompetence: giving an account of researching multilingually [PDF]

, 2013
This paper considers the place of linguistic competence and incompetence in the context of researching multilingually. It offers a critique of the concept of competence and explores the performative dimensions of multilingual research and its narration ...
Barnett R., Byram M., Byram M., Chomsky N., Derrida J., Derrida J., Derrida J., Ellis E., Evans‐Pritchard E. E., Garber M., Hymes D., Levinas E., Lyotard J.‐F., Nussbaum M., Phipps A., Sen A. K., Spivak G.   +16 more
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Educational Roles and Scenarios for Large Language Models: An Ethnographic Research Study of Artificial Intelligence

Informatics
This paper reviews the theoretical background and potential applications of Large Language Models (LLMs) in educational processes and academic research.
Nikša Alfirević, Darko Rendulić, Maja Fošner, Ajda Fošner   +3 more
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Expanding a Care Network for People with Dementia and their Carers Through Musicking: Participant Observation with “Singing for the Brain”

Voices, 2011
Music use in dementia care often takes place within a music therapy context, where music therapy sessions aim to reduce agitated behaviour, access emotions or enhance inter-personal communication.
Mariko Hara
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A Review of the "Digital Turn" in the New Literacy Studies [PDF]

, 2010
Digital communication has transformed literacy practices and assumed great importance in the functioning of workplace, recreational, and community contexts.
Alexiadis, D.S., Apostolakis, Konstantinos, Daras, Petros, Eisert, P., Izquierdo, Ebroul, Magnenat Thalmann, Nadia, Monaghan, David, Moussa, M.B., O'Connor, Noel E., Prestele, B., Richard, Gaël, Zhang, Qianni   +11 more
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International student agency in academic self‐formation: Mobility as agency situated within knowledge structures

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract With growing attention to student agency in academic and policy discourse, international education has become a prominent context for examining how students navigate new cultural, academic, linguistic and social environments. However, much of this discussion attributes student agency to the ‘international’ aspect, while overlooking the ...
Soyoung Lee
wiley   +1 more source

‘The uses of ethnography in the science of cultural evolution’. Commentary on Mesoudi, A., Whiten, A. and K. Laland ‘Toward a unified science of cultural evolution’ [PDF]

, 2006
There is considerable scope for developing a more explicit role for ethnography within the research program proposed in the article. Ethnographic studies of cultural micro-evolution would complement experimental approaches by providing insights into the “
Tehrani, J.
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